ROBERT J. THIERAUF is Professor of Information and Decision Sciences at Xavier University and a certified public accountant. He is the author of twenty-three previous texts, including Group Decision Support Systems for Effective Decision Making: A Guide for MIS Practitioners and End Users (Quorum, 1989), and New Directions in MIS Management (Quorum, 1988).

• Preface A Framework for Developing Electronic Data Interchange Systems An Introduction to Electronic Data Interchange National Electronic Communication International Electronic Communication Hardware and Software for Electronic Data Interchange Systems Hardware and Data Bases in an EDI Environment Packaged and Custom-Designed Software in an EDI Environment Development of Electronic Data Interchange Systems Feasibility, Development, Implementation of EDI Systems Typical Applications of Electronic Data Interchange Systems EDI in Strategic Planning EDI in Banking EDI in Finance EDI in Accounting Bibliography Index

ROBERT J. THIERAUF is Professor of Information and Decision Sciences at Xavier University and a certified public accountant. He is the author of twenty-three previous texts, including Group Decision Support Systems for Effective Decision Making: A Guide for MIS Practitioners and End Users (Quorum, 1989), and New Directions in MIS Management (Quorum, 1988).

• Preface A Framework for Developing Electronic Data Interchange Systems An Introduction to Electronic Data Interchange National Electronic Communication International Electronic Communication Hardware and Software for Electronic Data Interchange Systems Hardware and Data Bases in an EDI Environment Packaged and Custom-Designed Software in an EDI Environment Development of Electronic Data Interchange Systems Feasibility, Development, Implementation of EDI Systems Typical Applications of Electronic Data Interchange Systems EDI in Strategic Planning EDI in Banking EDI in Finance EDI in Accounting Bibliography Index

ROBERT J. THIERAUF is Professor of Information and Decision Sciences at Xavier University and a certified public accountant. He is the author of twenty-three previous texts, including Group Decision Support Systems for Effective Decision Making: A Guide for MIS Practitioners and End Users (Quorum, 1989), and New Directions in MIS Management (Quorum, 1988).

• Preface A Framework for Developing Electronic Data Interchange Systems An Introduction to Electronic Data Interchange National Electronic Communication International Electronic Communication Hardware and Software for Electronic Data Interchange Systems Hardware and Data Bases in an EDI Environment Packaged and Custom-Designed Software in an EDI Environment Development of Electronic Data Interchange Systems Feasibility, Development, Implementation of EDI Systems Typical Applications of Electronic Data Interchange Systems EDI in Strategic Planning EDI in Banking EDI in Finance EDI in Accounting Bibliography Index